The fabulous foursome talk about the film’s gorgeous aesthetics, the lives and other works of the principle creatives, their personal relationships to Catholicism and/or faith in general, and – you guessed it – try to interpret what is perhaps the most inscrutable anime film ever made. Can they do it? CLICK PLAY AND FIND OUT!

Interpretations provided are our own, and we don’t claim them to be definitive, exclusionary or authoritative in any way.

Also, this episode is very very personal. We spend a good deal of time talking about our personal histories and feelings about things beyond (but not unrelated) to the anime itself. Please bear that in mind.

This is a long podcast that covers a lot of topics, so please use the timecodes below to jump around in case, say, you already know all about Oshii or haven’t seen Angel’s Egg and don’t want to be spoiled.